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Finley Williams '25
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
The video game industry is grappling with existential questions — how will AI affect game production and creation? Will massive consolidation (and layoffs) alter the work culture? How can the industry handle an exponential growth in audience base, and what will be the effects of industry regulations?
With a lifelong love of video games and a decades-long career in tech, business, and gaming,…
Simon Wheeler
Milstein student Pareesay Afzal '24 performs an original song at the Salon.
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Todd Miyashiro
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
On the last night of November at A.D. White House, Milstein Program students hosted their first Milstein Fall Salon. The evening offered visitors an array of their creative talents: a cello ensemble playing a ragtime tune, a fashion shoot spread to be featured in Cornell’s Thread magazine, a series of poetry and prose readings and, of course, plenty of custom mocktails.
Originally…
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Finley Williams '25
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Wooden skewers, popsicle sticks, Scotch Tape and a rainbow collage of pipe-cleaners decorated the tablecloths after the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity’s annual welcome dinner late last month at the Ithaca Farmers Market.
As a part of the event, students split into mixed-grade teams and competed to build a catapult capable of launching marshmallows the farthest distance…
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Jasper Weed '22
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
I was a freshman when I first heard Professor Sarah Kreps speak to Milstein Program students about modern drone warfare policy. Needless to say, we were all impressed. So, when Professor Kreps launched the Tech Policy Lab, I joined with my friend and fellow Milstein cohort member Nate Watson and we set about finding a good research topic. We eventually settled on vaccine misinformation, since it…
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Aidan Kelly
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Andrew Moisey, assistant professor of history of art and visual studies; Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of science & technology studies and Tao Leigh Goffe, assistant professor of Africana studies and feminist, gender, & sexuality studies, have been chosen as new Milstein Faculty Fellows in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.
“These three fellows…
Chad Dickerson, former CEO of Etsy and a Cornell Tech fellow, will share his story in “The Journey Up: From English Major to Etsy,” Oct. 28 as part of the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity’s fall 2020 “In Focus Speaker Series.”
The talk, which begins at 4:15 p.m. is powered by eCornell and will also include a speed pitch fest, where five undergraduates will pitch their business…
Yunyun Wang ‘21, Newman Civic Fellow, shared how she has created a podcast combining her interest in inequality issues with research into tech policy, as the kickoff speaker for the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity’s “Future You Speaker Series” Sept. 23. The “Future You Speaker Series” features current Cornell students and alumni who have launched projects and careers at the nexus…
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Chukwudumebi (Joshua) Obi
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Tapan Parikh, associate professor in the department of Information Science and faculty director of the Milstein Program at Cornell Tech, visited campus with other Cornell Tech educators in February to talk with Milstein students about what to expect during their first six-week summer session at Cornell Tech this summer.
The summer program will be an immersive, engaged learning experience…
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Chloe Kanders
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Milstein students spent two weeks in February participating in critical reflection and Intergroup Dialogue Project workshops as part of their Collab Course. In these workshops, students reflect on their ongoing work with community partners and learn about mentorship opportunities within the program and on campus. The workshops are helping students not only prepare for their community-engaged…
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Chloe Kanders
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Producers Chris Hoff ‘02 and Sam Harnett have made a career out of recording and digitally editing naturally occurring sounds that evoke human emotions and transport listeners. Both are artists-in-residence this semester as a part of Cornell’s Media Studies Initiative. As part of their work on campus, Hoff and Harnett led a two-part “Sound Editing Masterclass” for students in the Milstein…
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Chloe Kanders '22
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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity
Students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity are entering the second year of the program, welcoming a new group of first-year students this fall, as well as getting to know students who were admitted last spring.The Milstein Program is for students who want to combine their liberal arts education with advanced study of technology. It combines the benefits of a liberal arts…
